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English is weird
Method of Madness:
--- Quote from: The Seldom Killer on 28 Jul 2015, 09:57 ---Not as spectacular but "tin tin tin" is a completely acceptable and common sentence around here.
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How?
The Seldom Killer:
It conveys that an object that was sought for is not in it's expected metal container.
Welu:
I was trying to find that Jimmy Carr clip but there's no good one's of it.
It's a very shortened version of, "It is not in the tin." and would probably more accurately be written as, "T'in't in tin."
Method of Madness:
--- Quote from: The Seldom Killer on 28 Jul 2015, 10:32 ---It conveys that an object that was sought for is not in it's expected metal container.
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"Tin (isn't in the) tin"?
Pilchard123:
(I)t i(s)n't in (the) tin.
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